Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing CompanyUniversity of California Press, 01.01.1991 - 591 Seiten Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Company--the leading American film-producing entity from 1894 to 1908. Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Company--the leading American film-producing entity from 1894 to 1908. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
18701896 | 15 |
18881895 | 29 |
18951897 | 57 |
Elaborating on the Established Mode | 325 |
As Cinema Becomes Mass Entertainment | 372 |
19081909 | 433 |
Postscript | 459 |
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